Gigs YC Application

Winter 2021Active

Gigs went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2021 batch as a B2B company. Below: what the company does, who founded it, and its application to YC, reconstructed question by question in the real YC form.

YC batch: Winter 2021
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 150
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Hermann FrankCo-founder, CEO
Dennis BauerFounder

What Gigs does

Gigs is the leader in embedded connectivity, powering global mobile infrastructure for some of the world’s largest enterprises. By bridging the gap between telecom carriers and modern digital platforms, Gigs enables connectivity for hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Gigs is backed by Ribbit Capital, Google’s Gradient Ventures, and Y Combinator. Learn more about what we do at

Gigs's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Gigs, Winter 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Gigs

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

The OS for Embedded Telecom

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We build a platform that connects telecom carriers directly to digital enterprises through APIs, enabling embedded mobile connectivity at scale. Our product solves the complexity and fragmentation of mobile infrastructure by providing a single interface to manage carrier relationships and usage globally. It's designed for companies embedding mobile connectivity into their products to serve hundreds of millions of users.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company is based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the talent and ecosystem for telecom, software, and product innovation we need. Being here puts us close to our enterprise customers and investors.

21 more answers in the full application

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference are in the full version. Create a free account to open it in YC Insights, next to every other YC batch.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Gigs YC application?

No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Gigs's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Gigs would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.